So Border War was very fun. Four of us headed up on Friday evening and arrived around midnight, stepped out into the milk-warm humid night and were shown to a bunkroom with air conditioning.  I was so glad to see that. Sleep is so precious at the moment ( Read more... )

Leaving for BW today. Antenatal clinic has cleared me for departure ( Read more... )

Spaulder is cut out - only a shoulder plate per the request of Ulfgeirr. We soaked, shaped and hardened it, but it needs another go-around to get the curve we reckon it needs ( Read more... )

I haven't posted here in so long that I forgot my password ( Read more... )

At Timeline Fair, I borrowed a Viking cooking pit which was in use, to test one of the cooking pots I made recently ( Read more... )

All somewhere between wet and green, these are the first things I've made, so while I am happy with them as first efforts (after a loooong hiatus) they are all sub-optimal in some way or other.

I am using commercially available clay for simplicity, and for its predictability.

Photos under the cut:

( here be three photos )

I'd like to register "azure a triquetra argent". Simple, distinctive (locally, at least) and I like it. But it conflicts with "Gules, a triquetra argent" which is already registered ( Read more... )

I know I need to make a geteld next. The brief is pretty typical; satisfactory appearance and documentability; light and portable; stable; big enough to comfortably house two adults and their gear (I must be able to lift my arms over my head to dress.) Being able to hang curtaining inside is under consideration ( Read more... )

Suth Moot was most excellent. I was very glad that it lived up to the description that I'd given my SO who is a newcomer to the SCA. The classes and activities were informative and fun, the people wonderful and the feasts were truly marvelous ( Read more... )

In the lead up to the Assassin's Tourney and Ball, I ran up some Viking garb for sepharen (known hereafter as "D") who was effectively attending his first event. He's keen to make his own garb, so will use the general dimensions of the tunic to make more garb in the styles he prefers. Authenticity is important to him, but having enough garb to get through ( Read more... )